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Transaction management : value creation by reducing transaction costs

Butter, Frank A. G. den - 2010

In this era of globalization we see an increase in specialization: the production chain issplit up in more and more parts and the production of these parts is outsourced to thoseplaces in the world where production is relatively cheapest and most efficient. Itimplies that transaction costs,...

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Radical innovation and network evolution

Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - 2007

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...

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Labour market effects of international fragmentation of production : evidence from a survey and case studies in the Dutch industries

Berghuis, Ebel; Butter, Frank A. G. den - 2013

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Managing transaction costs in international production : evidence on entrepreneurshop from case studies in The Netherlands

Berghuis, Ebel; Butter, Frank A. G. den - 2013

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From tradition to modernity : economic growth in a small world

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2012

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Growth and risk : methodology and micro evidence

Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Kinsey, Bill H. - 2006 - Rev.

There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post … remarkable long-running panel data set for rural households in Zimbabwe. We find that risk substantially reduces growth: in the …, the first micro-based estimate of the effect of shocks on growth. About two-thirds of the impact of risk is due to the ex …

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Individual team productivity : a conceptual approach

Müller, Julia; Upmann, Thorsten; Prinz, Joachim - 2013

Teams, in both firms and in sports, jointly produce a product. While a fixed task is assigned to each member of a team, the individual team productivity of a worker or player is difficult to conceptualize. This is particularly true, if this concept is aimed to be operable on observable data. In...

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The industrial organisation of the dance industry in the Netherlands : a transaction cost perspective on hybrid forms of organisation

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Joustra, Jelle - 2014 - Version June 2014

The organization of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) events has become a major export product in the Netherlands. In order to respond quickly to the new trends and needs, innovative forms of cooperation between producers are to be set up for the organization of exciting new events. A case study on...

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Trade between China and the Netherlands : a case study of globalization

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Hayat, Raphie - 2008 - Version 12 February 2008

During the last decades, the growth of trade between China and the Netherlands has been larger than the increase in … the main determinants of this increase. The empirical analysis indicates that, apart from GDP growth, Dutch in …-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of Dutch import growth from China. Dutch firms tend to offshore production in …

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The impact of workplace conditions on firm performance

Buhai, Sebastian; Cottini, Elena; Westergård-Nielsen, … - 2008 - This version: June 23rd, 2008

This paper estimates the impact of work environment health and safety practice on firm performance, and examines which firm-characteristic factors are associated with good work conditions. We use Danish longitudinal register matched employer-employee data, merged with firm business accounts and...

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